Lancaster County Edition
June 2014
Vol. 20 No. 6
In It for the Long, Long Run Athlete, Cancer Survivor Ran First Marathon at 51 By Chelsea Peifer Some people spend months or even years training to run a marathon. After all, the 26.2 grueling miles require the human body to be in topnotch condition. But after beating cancer in her late 30s—and with a long-running commitment to exercise driving her—Karen Charlesworth decided to go for it, running her first marathon at age 51. While the now 59-year-old said that she was “definitely sore the next day,” Charlesworth strives to always try something new, and the marathon was just one of many adventures she seeks out each passing year. “I love running with others and getting them to the finish line, especially newbies,” she said. “I will run at their pace, regardless, and talk with them to divert their uncomfortable feelings with the first run they have done.” Since surviving colon cancer at age 37, Charlesworth is incredibly grateful for her life, and she hopes to make every year special. Initially, Charlesworth’s doctor misdiagnosed her as having depression, but she knew that wasn’t the case. Always energetic and in tune with her body, Charlesworth could tell that something was amiss because she no longer had her normal energy level. She was becoming out of breath just walking from parking lots and into buildings, in spite of her attempts to build up her stamina. please see RUN page 15 Athlete and cancer survivor Karen Charlesworth ran her first marathon at age 51 and hopes to inspire others to take control of their own health.
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sick and die than women. (Current life expectancy for a man in the U.S. is 75.6 versus 80.8 for a woman.) Why? The reasons are complex; however, most experts agree that biology, such as the different ways men and women react to stress, likely plays a role. And men, taught since boyhood to be stoic in the face of pain, often are their own worst enemy, avoiding doctors and engaging in risky health behaviors like excessive alcohol consumption, unhealthy eating habits, reckless driving, and overexposure to sun, which all threaten health. Men’s health issues also get less public attention and funding at a time when women’s health concerns (like breast cancer) are in the national spotlight. please see RESOURCES page 16
Farmers Market Vouchers Soon Available The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is once again offering vouchers through its Farmers Market Nutrition Program. These vouchers, worth $20, can be used to purchase Pennsylvania-grown fruits and vegetables at area farmers markets. Eligible individuals must be at least 60 years of age, reside in Lancaster County, and have an annual income of less than $21,590 for one person, $29,101 for two people, and $36,612 for three people. People living in residential facilities where meals are provided are not eligible. Those unable to travel to the distribution sites can still obtain vouchers through a proxy, provided a signed form and photo identification of the older person is presented. Proxy forms can be obtained by calling your local senior center, other distribution locations, or the Office of Aging at (717) 299-7979. Vouchers will be distributed on June 3 at: • Paradise Township Building – 2 Township Drive, Paradise, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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Office of Aging (717) 299-7979 or (800) 801-3070
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In World He says, “Actually, I felt no fear War II, 70 until the bullets began to tear years ago this through the fuselage of the C-47. month, on Then, with exploding ack-ack and June 6, 1944, burning planes, it was like the most some 156,000 awesome fireworks display you ever American, saw.” By Colonel British, and Robert Wilcox Canadian soldiers landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified cost of France. It was called D-Day, and the gigantic assault was the first step in the liberation of Europe from the hands of German troops. The world had never seen such a massive amphibious assault. And many military men from Central Pennsylvania were part of the American soldiers, hardened and ready, force that made it happen. This is lounge under full fighting equipment on how a few remember it: the deck of a Coast Guard assault. Eston White says he will never forget how bad the weather was. When you went over the side of the mother transport, the swells were so high that you could easily find yourself falling 4 feet as you let go of the cargo net to enter the landing craft that had been ready to step into a moment before. He says, “I was one of 30 men aboard the Higgins boat that took us the 12,000 yards to the beach, and I was the only one who didn’t get violently sick aboard the pitching boat. Men were so sick they were heaving everywhere, and they were glad to see land even though they were being machine-gunned.” Dick Winters was a paratrooper who was dropped at 1:15 a.m. on D-Day, 8 miles from the intended drop zone. The C-47 plane carrying him, dodging heavy flak, dove so fast that, when he exited the plane, the wind tore away his jump pack with his rifle, grenades— everything but the trench knife The beachhead is secure, but the price was secured in his boot. high. A Coast Guard combat photographer Yet he and seven other men came upon this monument to a dead who joined him found their way American soldier somewhere on the shellto the causeway that our GIs blasted shore of Normandy. would use to get off Utah Beach. Facing 55 Germans who manned four 105s lobbing shells at our The plan was to bail out at 800 troops, they were able to destroy all feet, but because of the evasion four guns and free our tanks to tactics of the plane, it was more like rumble from the beach. 300 feet. Paul Miller was a paratrooper “You jumped, the parachute medic who headed for France in the deployed, and you were on the middle of the night. ground,” Miller says.
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Paul Winters was in the first wave to hit Omaha Beach. He says, “It was chaos. Very few of us were dropped off where we were supposed to be. We had to advance over open beach to a far sea wall that would give us some cover from the machine-gun fire and mortar and artillery shells being thrown at us. Everyone was just trying to stay alive. “We were off the beach in five hours, but I didn’t realize how bad it really was until I went back the next day for medical supplies and saw all the bodies bobbing in the water and corpses everywhere on the beach, many of them stacked like cordwood.” Richard Meck made the landing on Omaha Beach. He says, “It was terrifying. We were being hit with shells and machine-gun fire constantly. Men were being killed all around me. Our orders were not to stop for anybody, just wade as fast as we could and get out of the water, cross the beach, and get to the sea wall, where the German guns couldn’t swivel down to kill you. Bodies were littering the beach and bobbing in the surf. It was a sight I’ve never been able to forget.” Otis Harrison says, “The number of ships was simply unbelievable. It seemed like you could just walk from ship to ship, there were so many of them. LSTs loaded with troops were being blown up all around us. “The Germans had placed ‘hedgehogs’ all along the approach to the beach. They were steel rails that would snare LSTs as the tide receded and leave them sitting ducks. Many men tried to jump off and wade in, only to be weighed down by all their gear and sink to their deaths. It was hell on earth.” There are few such vets alive today, and every day there are fewer. We have only the memory of most of them. But what memories they are, and we can best honor them by never forgetting the sacrifices they made for our country, which they served so willingly and so well. Photos courtesy of U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.
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Salute to a Veteran
He Spent 2 Years in ‘the Most Detached Duty Station on the Face of the Earth’ Robert D. Wilcox hen Jack Shearer enlisted in the Navy in 1942, he had no idea his service would not be on the water at all, but on land … and in a land unlike any he had ever heard of before.
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He got there despite something veterans commonly understood: Never volunteer for anything. He was at Norfolk, Va., training for amphibious landings, when he saw a poster asking for volunteers for
“prolonged and hazardous assignments” There he boarded a Liberty ship for a 10where the destination week trip across the was unknown. That Pacific, with stops in sounded like a Tasmania and Ceylon challenge he’d like. So (now Sri Lanka) before he volunteered. arriving at Calcutta, He soon learned India, on New Year’s that the duty for Eve. which he had There he boarded a volunteered would C-47 for a hazardous take him to China, flight over “The under conditions he Hump,” the plane couldn’t even imagine. climbing to 17,000 feet He had trained six to clear the mountains. months at the Radio What was that like? School in Bedford “Well,” he says, “it Springs, Pa. So, was plenty bumpy, and apparently, his new we had people using Radioman First Class assignment would their ‘barf ’ bags left John R. “Jack” Shearer, have something to do and right. I didn’t have home from China in 1946. with radio. He’d have one, and I came to wait to find out. awfully close to First, he was sent to San Pedro, Calif. needing it, but somehow I managed to
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get through it.” When the plane landed in Chongqing, China, Shearer and 12 other men were assigned to an outpost camp bordering the Gobi Desert on one side and Inner Mongolia on the other, beyond the Great Wall of China and about 40 miles west of the Japanese force’s westernmost outpost. Called Camp 4, it was one of a dozen camps in China that were among the best-kept secrets of the war. They were primarily weather stations created through a pact with China called SACO (Sino-American Cooperative Organization). Camp 4 occupied a large, walled Catholic mission just outside the town of Shenpa (now Xamba) that was 800 miles north of Chongqing. The three residents of the mission, a priest and two nuns, had been moved to smaller quarters for the duration. The camp was the northernmost of the SACO camps. Importantly, it was 400 miles north of Tokyo’s latitude and was an excellent site for gathering radio intelligence and monitoring the weather upwind from Japan and the Philippines. Getting to the camp, however, would prove to be an experience. It took the men five entire months of travel by ancient Chinese trucks from headquarters in Chongqing, 1,500 miles
to the south. The rickety Chinese trucks of China occupied by the Japanese.” were constantly breaking down. How was the food? “And,” Shearer says, “I often “We lived off the land,” he says. “We wondered if we would ever make it to could buy chicken, eggs, and ‘yellow rice’ our camp.” locally. But you ate the vegetables at your How did everything work out, once own peril. The locals fertilized with you were there? human waste, and eating the vegetables “It really didn’t,” Shearer laughs. “The they grew produced lots of diarrhea. temperature went from more than 100 F “The worst problem, though, was the in the summer to minus 30 F in the bugs. They were everywhere. There were winter. cockroaches in Sandstorms our hair, lice were common, in our clothes, and there was and bedbugs no running in our water. We got bedding. our water There was no from a well way to get rid and had to of them … boil it to make they were it potable. always with “Our us. That was generators true for the Jack Shearer on the horse issued to him soon were whole two at his remote base in primitive China. beyond years I was repair, and all there.” of us took turns cranking the small hand Was there anything to see? generator to send our seven daily radio “Nope … nothing. There were some contacts with radio Chongqing and one small villages, and we each had a horse. with Peking (now Beijing). We provided But, when you got there, it was just a weather information that was relayed to scattering of huts with nothing to do or U.S. ships in the Pacific. That see. So there was really no point in information was important to their going.” planning assaults on Japan and the parts The two years in the camp seemed
like an eternity, but it finally passed. Shearer says one thing of interest about the grim two years was that suffering through it with him was a medical doctor named Henry Heimlich, who later won national acclaim for developing the Heimlich maneuver that saves people who are choking on food lodged in their windpipe. Did the Chinese food help him develop the maneuver? “It might well have,” Shearer agrees, with a grin. When the war in the Pacific ended in August 1945, everybody but Shearer left. He stayed behind to finalize details with the local Chinese officials for deactivating the camp. He then traveled to Shanghai to catch a ship to San Francisco, where he mustered out as a radioman first class after serving 42 months in the Navy. In 1994, the Republic of China, in Taiwan, gave him and his wife, June, an all-expense-paid, 10-day tour to Taiwan in recognition of his wartime service to China. At age 92, he now lives in Mount Joy. And he says he will never forget the endless days he spent deep in primitive China in the “Rice Paddy Navy.” Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.
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Total AL and/or PC Beds: 70 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes
Total AL and/or PC Beds: 100 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: Yes Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
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Total AL and/or PC Beds: 70 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: Yes* Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Total AL and/or PC Beds: 144 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: Yes Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: No Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: No
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Total AL and/or PC Beds: 50 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: No Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: Yes Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
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Total AL and/or PC Beds: 55 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
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The Beauty in Nature
Amphibians Pioneering Drier Land Clyde McMillan-Gamber old-blooded amphibians are active in summer’s warmth. Some people enjoy hearing spring peepers peep and American toads trill in the shallows of ponds and wetlands during April and the twang of green frogs and bellow of bull frogs along pond edges. Meanwhile salamanders are active under stones in streams or under leaves and logs on woodland floors, depending on the species. Amphibian means two lives: one in water and the other on land. But all amphibians need to be at least moist at all times to stay alive, and most spawn in water where their fish-like larvae hatch and develop legs and lungs for life on
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land, where they are all carnivores. Some amphibians, including a few species in the Middle Atlantic States, developed features that allowed them to pioneer niches that are drier than their relatives can tolerate. Those pioneers also reduced competition for space and food with their relatives by using niches those cousins can’t. Frogs’ skins need to be moist to allow the frogs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide through their skins. Frogs, therefore, live along water’s edges. American toads and common toads have bumpy skins that taste bad to predators and retain body fluids. Toads travel over woodland floors and shaded fields during the day some distance from
water, retiring at times in moist, cool shade under fallen leaves or cracks in soil under leafy crops. Red-backed and slimy salamanders live under logs and rocks on woodland floors. These related, lung-less species are 5 inches long and exchange gases through their damp skins. Both species secrete a noxious substance from their skins that protect them from predators and keep their skins moist. Red-backs have two color phases. One is gray all over and the other has a red stripe on top. The chunkier slimys are black with white speckling. Neither species spawns in water as most amphibians do. Each female red-back and slimy hangs
a cluster of four to 12 eggs under a log or rock, which are moist places on woodland floors. The youngsters’ aquatic stage is in their eggs. They hatch 1 inch long and resemble their parents. Geographic isolation causes new species. Red-backed and slimy salamanders confined to wood lots surrounded by lawns, fields, and roads can’t travel to other woods. A genetic quirk in an individual in isolated woods will be passed to its relatives, perhaps creating a new species. Nature is always changing. New species can appear any time. Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a retired Lancaster County Parks naturalist.
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A Celebration of the Mind, Heart, and Spirit of the Community By Christianne Rupp
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Lancaster Celebrates Seniors was a collaboration undertaken by the staff of OnLine Publishers, Inc. and the Lancaster County Office of Aging and a committee of community volunteers. Every year each organization presents their unique event to the 50+ community, each one well received on its own merit. However, this year, visitors to the Lancaster County 50plus EXPO and participants of Lancaster Senior Games were able to take advantage of both events in one location on May 5 at Spooky Nook Sports. We were happy to welcome more than 2,500 guests to the 50plus EXPO. The anticipation and excitement showed on their faces, as smiles and enthusiastic chitchat were abundant while they waited for the “gate” to open. With more than 100 exhibitors as well as entertainment and demonstrations to watch, there was a lot to see and do! While at Spooky Nook, guests of the EXPO were able to check out the fun and camaraderie of the games while watching their peers compete. This may spur many to participate in next year’s games. Conversely, boomers and seniors, many of whom competed in multiple activities in the Senior Games, were able to attend the 50plus
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EXPO before or after they competed in their event. I always have a great time speaking with visitors to see what brings them to the EXPO, and as you can imagine, their answers were diverse. One woman had just moved here and wanted to learn more about the area and what products and services were available — she said she was pleasantly surprised and amazed at all there is. Another person said she had just become a caregiver, so she was looking for any information that could help her in that journey. And another guest mentioned that since last year she’s finding her mobility isn’t what it used to be, so whereas she’s found financial and travel information at previous EXPOs, this year she was looking for homemodification businesses. Other comments included: there was such a nice variety of exhibitors; it wasn’t high pressure; and that there was plenty of room to move. The demonstrations and entertainment were popular and many people took advantage of the free health screenings. Thank you to all of the sponsors, exhibitors, guests, and volunteers who made this day possible. It was a wonderful day for all!
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Changes Weathered Well by 2014 Senior Games By Megan Joyce This was a year of change for the Lancaster Senior Games. After 13 years of calling Franklin & Marshall College’s campus its home, the 26th annual Senior Games took its nearly 40 athletic events to Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim for a week of competition and camaraderie May 5–9. “Overall, the move to Spooky Nook was well received and attended by the participants,” said Jill Diller, Lancaster Senior Games coordinator, who added that attendance was about the same as last year. The move to a new facility included several benefits, including “being able to hold the majority of the previously outdoor events under roof and not having to be concerned about the weather,” Diller said. Several events, including the running and golf events as well as the homerun derby, were still held outdoors and at various offsite locations, but the rain didn’t follow the Senior Games to any of its venues, new or old. Photos by “It was one of the best weather weeks we have had Bob Diller and in a number of years,” Diller said. Mike Occhinneara Approximately 850 Lancaster County residents over age 55 participated in the games, which is organized by the Lancaster County Office of Aging. The most popular events continue to be darts, horseshoes, bocce, shuffleboard, and foul shooting. “Senior Games gives the community the opportunity to keep active, both physically and mentally, and offers the participants the ability to ‘keep their competitive spirit alive,’” said Diller.
“The games also provide participants the chance to try new sports or activities without incurring the cost of equipment.” The 2014 Senior Games’ other big change was on the calendar. Traditionally held in June, the games moved to early May this year to allow the games to occur during Older Americans Month and to coincide with the 15th annual Lancaster County 50plus EXPO on May 5, also held at Spooky Nook. Seniors were able to participate in Senior Games events throughout the day while also attending the EXPO’s screenings and entertainment and checking out the booths of local businesses and organizations. Diller said games staff were beginning to review the written evaluations and verbal feedback provided by Senior Games participants. “We knew that there would be growing pains associated with the move,” she said. Senior Games staff worked diligently to educate participants on new event locations. Some events that were not able to be held at Spooky Nook had to be relocated, which meant providing shuttle services for some of the offsite locations. Diller, who has been involved with the Senior Games for more than 15 years, added that player feedback so far had been mostly positive. “The rewards for me come in the form of the many ‘thanks for putting this event together’ [comments from] the participants and knowing that each year, this event is on their to-do list,” she said. For more information on the Lancaster Senior Games, call the Office of Aging at (717) 299-7979 or visit the Lancaster Senior Games website (www.lancseniorgames.org). For a complete list of 2014 results, visit www.lancseniorgames. org/results.
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Simple Steps Can Lower Cataract Risk It may be surprising to learn that by age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision, and most are related to aging. The lens is a clear part of the eye that helps to focus light, or an image, on the retina. The retina is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. There are several steps you can take to lower your risk for cataract.
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have diabetes or other medical conditions that can increase your risk of cataracts. Maintain a Healthy Weight If your current weight is a healthy one, work to maintain it by exercising most days of the week. If you’re overweight or obese, work to lose weight slowly by reducing your calorie intake and increasing the amount of exercise you get each day. Choose a Healthy Diet Choose a healthy diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables. Adding a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables to your diet ensures that you’re getting a lot of vitamins and nutrients. Fruits and vegetables are full of antioxidants, which in theory could prevent damage to your eye’s lens. Studies haven’t proven that antioxidants in pill form can prevent cataracts. But fruits and vegetables have many proven health benefits and are a safe way to increase the amount of vitamins in your diet. Source: NIH Senior Health
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My 22 Cents’ Worth
Good Looks and Looking Good Walt Sonneville n one corner is the undefeated reigning champion, Father Time. In the other corner is the challenger, Our Good Looks. You know how this fight will end. The question is: How many rounds will it last, and which will be the decisive round? Good looks have advantages in the first two trimesters of an aged life. When we enter our senior years, looks that may arouse interests from the opposite sex typically have almost entirely vanished. Who cares? By that time, our primary objectives are to feel good and look good, forsaking any hope of good looks. Eleanor Roosevelt was no eye-catching beauty. She recognized the value of our overall appearance this way: “Beautiful young people,” she said, “are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” Maybe we aren’t “works of art” in the classic sense. But if we have a twinkle in our eyes and a smile on our face, we can look good without being good looking. Once our good looks begin to vanish, we have other resources to display: charm, kindness, knowledge, integrity, humor, and, as Eleanor Roosevelt has shown, a measure of wisdom. They are all part of looking good. There were times Abraham Lincoln depended on self-deprecating humor when campaigning for election. Henry Villard, a journalist who covered the LincolnDouglas debates, wrote Lincoln had a “gawky figure, an odd-featured, wrinkled, inexpressive, and altogether uncomely face.” When Stephan A. Douglas called Lincoln “two-faced,” Lincoln replied: “I leave it to the audience. If I had another face, do you think I would wear this one?” This retort scored “Father Abraham,” as he was called by those who saw in him a biblical image, election points that otherwise may have been denied him because of his lack of good looks. Comic Jimmy Durante and physicist Albert Einstein were not handsome. Yet people found them appealing because their appearance matched the public’s image—expectations for the roles each prominently held in life. Their looks were as if each was an actor supplied by a Hollywood studio’s department of central casting.
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Einstein, despite his experience, and brilliance, could not credibility despite their grasp his public advancing years. popularity. He Seniors are past the wondered why “no one age when they indulge understands me but their vanities in cosmetic they like me anyway. I makeovers, such as don’t understand it.” Botox injections, breast Our faces have to be implants, liposuction, compatible with the and other beautification stereotypical image the procedures. These public has of certain temporary, timeprofessions. Would reversing treatments Jimmy Durante look typically are for those credible as a worldentering their 40s. Brig. Gen. James M. Stewart, renowned scientist and Undergoing medical USAF Reserve, circa 1968 would Albert Einstein cosmetology is not aging find popular support as a comedian? gracefully; it is grasping to retain Would a movie entitled Strange Love vanishing good looks rather than refining Affair have a chance as a box-office success the emerging persona whose focus should if it starred “Groucho” Marx and Elizabeth be on looking good. Taylor? Our looks, good or not, support What happens to the body of a man or limit us in our destined roles in life. with a muscle-bound torso once he Richard Nixon is said to have lost voter appeal in his 1960 televised debate with presidential candidate Jack Kennedy. It was not due to Nixon’s discussion of the issues, which he handled quite well. He lost appeal because of his whisker stubble, commonly called a “five o’clock shadow” in the jargon of the 1960s. To some, the stubble made him look un-presidential, somewhat malevolent. Roles in life are determined largely by more than just our bodies. It is our image in its entirety, including our clothing style down to the type of eyeglasses we wear. Doesn’t a Franciscan monk receive more public reverence when garbed in a brown robe, or isn’t a doctor given more credibility when wearing a white medical jacket? Imagine them both in t-shirts and jeans. As we enter our senior years, we should give more attention to an appropriate dress style. It makes us feel better and raises the favorability quotient for how we are perceived by others. Physical attractiveness need not be limited entirely to the young. Several famed movie stars retained a visage appeal—if not their sex appeal—as they turned elderly. Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Mary Martin, Myrna Loy, Barbara Stanwyck, and Greer Garson are among them. They were graced with the beauty of dignity,
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reaches the fifth decade of life and beyond? Based on photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger in swimming trunks, his Mr. Universe physique has badly deteriorated. It takes most bodybuilders two hours a day, six days a week, of weightlifting to look like a modern Goliath. After the age of 50 we lose about 3 percent of our lean body mass per decade, most of which is muscle. It takes more time and energy than most of us are able to dedicate to overcome that loss. It is a vainglorious mission. Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen and A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning, books of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. Contact him at waltsonneville@earthlink.net.
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Fragments of History
50 Years of Beatlemania, Part 2 Victor Parachin t’s been 50 years since The Beatles arrived on American soil. Here, some more interesting anecdotes from the history of The Fab Four.
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George Harrison helps create his rivals, The Rolling Stones. In 1963, as The Beatles were beginning to make a name for themselves in England, The Rolling Stones were a completely unknown group playing weekly in the Crawdaddy Club in Surrey, England. The Beatles visited the club and had some private time with members of The Rolling Stones one evening. Later, George Harrison was part of a panel judging musical groups in Liverpool. He told fellow panelist Dick Rowe about The Rolling Stones, advising him to sign them for Decca Records. “As I had turned down The Beatles, I didn’t want to make the same mistake again,” Rowe recalled.
He saw The Stones and immediately signed them. The rest, of course, is history. The Rolling Stones became The Beatles’ greatest competitors and are regarded as second to The Beatles in popularity.
hiding in the linen closet of their threeroom suite. The Beatles appeared on two shows at Maple Leaf Gardens that evening, drawing a total of 35,552 people. That broke Photo courtesy of Portum for Wikipedia the all-time attendance record Abbey Road studios held since 1946 More popular than hockey in during a Toronto-versus-Montreal Canada. On Monday, Sept. 7, 1964, hockey game. The Beatles made their first appearance at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. Burt Lancaster’s gift confiscated by Upon landing at Toronto British customs. One of the major International Airport, The Beatles were Hollywood stars whom The Beatles greeted by 10,000 cheering fans. The wanted to meet was Burt Lancaster, group was whisked away to the King whose films included Gunfight at the OK Edward Hotel. Even there, they were Corral, From Here to Eternity, and Elmer besieged by fans, finding one 14-year-old Gantry.
Job Opportunities LANCASTER COUNTY EMPLOYERS NEED YOU!! Age 55 or over? Unemployed? The 55+ Job Bank is one of three services offered by Employment Unit at the Office of Aging. Jobs are matched with those looking for work. Based on an evaluation of your skills and abilities, we can match you with a position needed by a local employer. Some employers are specifically looking for older workers because of the reliability and experience they bring to the workplace. There is a mix of full-time and part-time jobs covering all shifts, requiring varying levels of skill and experience, and offering a wide range of salaries. The other services available through the Office of Aging are the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) and the regularly scheduled Job Search Workshops.
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When The Beatles were in the Los Angeles area in August 1965, they were invited to Lancaster’s Bel Air home on Monday evening, Aug. 24. Only Paul, George, and Ringo attended. John Lennon had a scheduling conflict that evening. After touring the home and dinner, the group screened a new Peter Sellers Pink Panther comedy, A Shot in the Dark. Because Ringo was most enthusiastic about meeting Lancaster, the actor presented Ringo with a sharpshooter rifle. Although it was not in working condition, British customs confiscated it. When Lancaster heard about it, he sent Ringo another gun. Beatles imprisoned in their plane. As their popularity grew and grew, The Beatles found it impossible to move about freely and safely. In fact, they faced please see BEATLEMANIA page 19
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— Volunteer Opportunities — One of the available specialized volunteer opportunities at Lancaster County Office of Aging is that of APPRISE counselor. Counselors work with a diverse group of consumers with one commonality: There is some type of connection to Medicare. You may work with a consumer who is receiving Medicare and having problems with secondary coverage, or you may be helping the child of a Medicare consumer who’s trying to help a parent who doesn’t have drug coverage. APPRISE counselors meet with consumers who are new to Medicare, and they screen consumers to determine if they’re eligible for any benefits that help pay for the costs of Medicare. The orientation process includes shadowing experienced APPRISE counselors, working through online training modules, and attending a new counselor training provided by the state Department of Aging. For more information about this volunteer opportunity, contact Bev Via, volunteer coordinator, at (717) 2997979 or by emailing aging@co.lancaster.pa.us. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
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When her physician was on vacation, “I just wanted to accomplish the 18she was able to see another doctor who floor task,” she said. “I listened to the reviewed her profile, discussed what was trainers, and the focus was just getting to going on, and had blood work done the floor.” before sending her straight to the And Charlesworth is determined that hospital. others benefit from her experiences—not The very next day, Charlesworth had just battling colon cancer, but also an emergency colectomy surgery to enduring a yearlong misdiagnosis. remove a tumor for stage-three colon A former business analyst, she cancer. organized a community health seminar “I was actually glad,” said on managing your own health in Camp Charlesworth—not for the cancer Hill in the early 1990s, which exceeded diagnosis, but to know what the real her expectations with a turnout that was issue was and that her instincts had been standing-room only. completely accurate. “It was wonderful. I Plus, she was relieved want to do more that there was a community health legitimate reason she had seminars; that is one of been pushing herself at the dreams I am going the gym without seeing to accomplish this year,” any results. she said. After surgery, Charlesworth’s other Charlesworth went goal for the near future through weekly is to complete a chemotherapy for a year. triathlon. Though The treatments ravaged admittedly a mediocre her immune system, swimmer, she said she Charlesworth, right, with a leaving her sometimes friend at the 2012 Hershey Half will still “make it couch-bound and unable Marathon. Learning this was her happen.” friend’s first half marathon, to move. Charlesworth hopes Charlesworth ran at her pace to to inspire others to give As someone who help her get to the finish line. sports and regular thrives on liveliness and exercise, the days of exercise a try. inactivity were especially irritating. It was “It’s all up to you,” Charlesworth said. during this time that Charlesworth set a “Think about it; are you unkind to goal of running a marathon when she yourself when you go to a fitness center was recovered. and think others are critical of you? For her 59th birthday, rappelling was Think again. Are you critical of others? I the adventure of choice. am impressed with anyone who does Rappelling allows a person to make a what they want to feel better and look controlled descent down a rope from a great. cliff—or, in Charlesworth’s case, the side “You might be sore since your body of a building. The equipment used to hasn’t experienced exercise in a while,” secure participants helps to prevent them she said. “Instead of complaining, laugh from descending too quickly or losing and smile about it. Know that you will control. get past the soreness and benefit from it.” Nerves were not a factor because Charlesworth has two daughters and Charlesworth knew that she would be five grandchildren. In fact, she completed strapped in and secure as she scaled her a race with her grandson, exposing him way down the Fulton Bank Building in to the camaraderie of running downtown Harrisburg. communities. Gaudenzia, a treatment center that “Be with others,” she said. “They will offers drug and alcohol treatment inspire a routine. There are running clubs programs in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and who are pleased to have newbies on Delaware, sponsored the rappelling event board. You don’t have to run at the pace to raise money for their organization. they do; just be there.”
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What to Do Doctors say that by paying attention to just a few key areas like blood pressure, cholesterol, waist size, and sexual function (which can be an early indicator of heart disease), men can make dramatic improvements for their overall health. If you’re having a difficult time getting your husband to see a doctor, try motivating him with relevant health information, including treatment options, along with the consequences of doing nothing. The Web is a good place to start, with a growing number of user-friendly resources dedicated to men’s health issues. Here are some good ones to check: Mayo Clinic: Provides a special men’s health section (www.mayoclinic.com/ health/mens-health/MY00394) that offers information on prostate health, sexual health, and diseases, including a multimedia section. Mayo experts offer up guidance on issues ranging from male depression to the dangers of belly fat, along with screenings and self-assessment quizzes.
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WebMD: At men.webmd.com, you find a wide variety of information and videos on issues ranging from hair loss and plastic surgery for men to sex and intimacy. It also provides information on diseases and conditions, an interactive symptom checker, discussion boards on exercise and fitness, and support groups on weight loss and prostate cancer. MedlinePlus (www.nlm.nih.gov/med lineplus/menshealth.html): This comprehensive health site links users to men’s health resources from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and other government and health-related organizations. It provides easy-to-find information on hundreds of diseases and conditions, along with extensive information on medications and links to thousands of clinical trials. It also offers a senior-specific health site (nihseniorhealth.gov) that makes agerelated health information easy to get. Prostate Cancer Foundation (www.prostatecancerfoundation.org):
Provides comprehensive information on risk factors, detection and screening, diagnosis and treatment, questions to ask the doctor, and guidelines on how to live with the disease. Men and Depression (www.menand depression.nimh.nih.gov): Part of the National Institute of Mental Health, this site offers personal stories from men suffering from depression as well as the signs and symptoms, treatment, and when and how to seek help. FamilyDoctor.org (www.family doctor.org/men.xml): The American Academy of Family Physicians’ consumer-friendly site allows users to search by symptoms for possible diagnosis, suggestions for self-care, and when it might be necessary to see a doctor. It also offers help finding a family doctor by zip code, a body mass index calculator, and sections on subjects ranging from prostate health to athlete’s foot. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org
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Calendar of Events
Lancaster County
Support Groups
June 4, 7 to 8:15 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Willow Lakes Outpatient Center 212 Willow Valley Lakes Drive Willow Street (717) 464-9365 June 6, 9 a.m. to noon Health & Wellness Fair St. Anne’s Retirement Community 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia (717) 285-5443
Free and open to the public June 9, 10 to 11 a.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6076 jmorton@gardenspotvillage.org June 19, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894
Community Programs
June 23, 2 to 3 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6259 jshaffer@gardenspotvillage.org June 25, 6 to 8 p.m. Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania Support Group Lancaster General Hospital Stager Room 5 555 N. Duke St., Lancaster (800) 887-7165, ext. 104 Free and open to the public
Monday–Saturday through Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mascot Roller Mills and Ressler Family Home Tours 443 W. Newport Road, Ronks (717) 656-7616 resslermill@gmail.com
June 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pennsylvania Music Expo Continental Inn 2285 Lincoln Highway East Lancaster (717) 898-1246 www.recordcollectors.org
June 2, 6 p.m. Red Rose Singles Meeting Hoss’s Steak & Sea House 100 W. Airport Road, Lititz (717) 406-6098
Mondays, June 9–23, 7 p.m. “Meet the Congregations” Presentations Garden Spot Village Chapel 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6203
June 19, 5 p.m. Membership Meeting: Guest Speaker Brig. Gen. Jerry G. Beck Jr. Military Officers Association of America – Lancaster Chapter The Hamilton Club 106 E. Orange St., Lancaster (717) 581-5299 jetpilot37@comcast.net June 20, 6 to 9 p.m. Music Fridays Downtown Lancaster (717) 341-0028
If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.
Library Programs Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 June 4, 6:30 p.m. – Astronomy Enthusiasts of Lancaster County June 11, 6:30 p.m. – Great Decisions Discussion Group: Energy Independence June 12, 7 p.m. – Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination
Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation Pre-registration is required for these programs. All activities are held at the Environmental Center in Central Park unless otherwise noted. To register or to find out more about these activities or any additional scheduled activities, call (717) 295-2055 or visit www.lancastercountyparks.org. June 20 or 21, 9 to 10 p.m. – Astronomy Series and Star Watch, Stoner Park, Manheim Township
AARP Driver Safety Programs For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse. June 18, 1 to 5 p.m. – Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 44 E. Orange St., Lititz, (800) 559-4880, www.seniorsforsafedriving.com www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
Senior Center Activities
Cocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489 June 12, 10 a.m. – Making Sandwiches for Vets and the Homeless June 19, 10 a.m. – Summer Salads with Chef Bill June 23, 11:30 a.m. – Father’s Day Luncheon Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850 June 3, 9 a.m. – Manicures by American Beauty Academy June 11, 9 a.m. – How to Make Ratatouille with Chef Bill June 16, 10:15 a.m. – Piano Music and Sing-Along with Mary Ellen Graybill Elizabethtown Area Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 June 4, 9 a.m. – Farmers Market Voucher Distribution June 4 and 18, 9:30 a.m. – Zumba Gold Chair Exercise June 19, 10:30 a.m. – Improv with Jim Johnson Lancaster House North Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 299-1278 Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Pinochle Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 299-3943 June 10, 9:30 a.m. – Haircuts and Manicures by Lancaster Cosmetology June 20, 10 a.m. – Senior Medicare Patrol with Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer June 25 – Picnic at Lancaster County Park Lancaster Rec. Senior Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 June 4, 10:30 a.m. – “My Mystery Fairy” by Lou Ann Garvey June 5, 10:15 a.m. – Marty’s One-Man Band June 20, 9:15 a.m. – Penn State Nutrition Program Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 June 5, 10 a.m. – Music and Dancing with Sandy Heisey June 11, 10 a.m. – Trivia with Bob June 12, 10:15 a.m. – Presentation by Chef Martin Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 June 4, 9 a.m. – Farmers Market Voucher Distribution June 6, 9 a.m. – Yard Sale June 26, 11 a.m. – Father’s Day Celebration Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 June 6, 10 a.m. – Country Music with JR Wehner June 13, 10 a.m. – Music by Red Rose Barbershop Quartet June 27, 10 a.m. – Penn State Nutrition Program Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 June 3, 9:30 a.m. – Blood Pressure Checks June 9, 10 a.m. – Bingo with Agape Care June 27, 10 a.m. – Local Author Iris Dowling Speaks on Butterflies Rodney Park Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, noon – Pinochle Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Bingo
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Deal Me In By Mark Pilarski
Prosperous Gaffes do Happen Dear Mark: I enjoy your column very much, mostly because you spent a lot of time on the inside. Here is my question. I was wondering if you have ever given away money to a player that did not deserve it. A dealer on a blackjack game once claimed it never happens, and yet, he overpaid me twice in two hours. I was wondering if you could share your thoughts on this. – Ralph I. Have I, Ralph, ever given away money to a player who didn’t deserve it? Oh, gosh yes! I have made my fair share of blunders, once involving a $7,000 overpayment. Aided by the eye-in-thesky, the casino caught it and recouped their seven grand. Still, I received a nonpaid week on the streets. A few more bloopers to come below. First off, dealers can and do make mistakes. Whoever told you otherwise is
full of it. True, most dealers get quite skillful at reading the patterns on the cards with proficiency. So counting errors, with experience, become rare. But these guys and gals deal more than a half million hands a year, so they will make unpremeditated errors over the course of that time, both on the players’ credit and debit sides of the ledger. Casino management is supposed to be on the lookout for dealers making paying errors, and it is their responsibility to correct these transgressions. It is “their” job to monitor “their” pit and make sure that “their” dealers are following the right dealing protocols and paying off bets
correctly, not yours. So, Ralph, you got away with a couple freebies. That’s fine. From a retired blackjack dealer’s perspective, I was always appreciative of the player who corrected my pay mistakes and handed back the money. I still play by those principled rules to this day. Now, those two dillies I promised. I taught myself blackjack by pitching cards into a hat, and practiced shuffling, dealing, and the pay and take on an ironing board. On my first shift, I made the dimwitted decision that if you split aces and got two face cards, you just got yourself two blackjacks, so I paid accordingly.
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I was actually paying this unmerited royalty on split aces for most of my first shift until an old-time pit boss noticed my generosity and corrected me at the break. Some joints might have sent me packing, but perchance he thought that I had the potential to do the job a chimp could do. The other error was where I wittingly over or underpaid a player. Dealing 10-cent roulette in downtown Reno, we would get a lot of Chinese players via a charter bus service out of San Francisco who would jam up a game with chips as nothing you could ever imagine. As eight is the most prosperous of numbers in Chinese culture, it is considered a highly lucky number and is worked into daily life as much as possible. The roulette table was one such place, times 10. It was always mathematically interesting when a kazillion chips would
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appear on the eight from all the corners, split possibilities, and straight-up bets towering what seemed like a foot high. This required drastic measures to avoid a possible mathematical misadventure, or my job, so I once called over a pit boss — actually it was a shift manager passing through the pit — and in order to not look too much like a sap, I asked what he thought a particular payoff was. Pretending to know the correct payoff, he said, “Send out a dozen stacks, plus put a $5 chip and a 50-cent piece on the top.” I paid the bet as instructed. Although a patented move by another, it’s not a bad “go-to” action when this frazzled
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a dangerous situation on Aug. 19, 1965, when they traveled to Houston, Texas, where they were to play at the Sam Houston Coliseum. When they arrived at Houston Airport at 2 a.m., there was a huge crowd waiting. The vast numbers of fans quickly turned into a frenzied mob swarming around the plane as it taxied to land. The situation was dangerous for fans as well as for The Beatles. In fact, they could not leave the plane and were imprisoned inside the aircraft for some time. Eventually, the group was taken off the plane with a forklift and whisked off to the safety of their hotel. At the coliseum they had a 12,000capacity audience for both shows. After each show, they were quickly rushed back to their hotel in an armored van. Breaking up is hard to do. The breakup of The Beatles came gradually. The first to leave the band was Ringo Starr in 1968, but he reconsidered and returned a few months later.
The following year (1969), John Lennon left the group but agreed not to make his exodus public because the group was releasing their last album, Abbey Road, in a few weeks. In 1970 Paul McCartney left the group, promptly released a solo album, and announced that The Beatles had broken up. That announcement irritated Lennon, who felt McCartney used the breakup announcement to promote his new solo album. As questions about the band breakup emerged, Lennon said, “I started the band. I disbanded it. It’s as simple as that.” Although each of The Beatles went their separate ways, their music continues to resonate with people, continues to be played regularly on radio stations, and continues to attract new generations of fans. Though they broke up decades ago, their names are still instantly recognizable. The Beatles are gone, but the music remains.
Local Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary Eugene and Anna (Wenger) Martin of Denver celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary April 25. They were married in Reamstown Evangelistic Center in 1964. Mr. Martin is the owner and operator of Martin Sawing Service. Mrs. Martin is retired from Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13. They are the parents of three sons: Dale (Brenda Weaver), of Ephrata; Jonathan, of Lititz; and Christopher (Rona Umbenhauer), of Terre Hill. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
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Veterans’ expo and Job Fair H November 14, 2014 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Eden Resort • 222 Eden Road, Lancaster
They served us — now let us serve them! Reserve your space today! $100 off thru 6/30/14! The Expo brings federal, state, and local agencies together with area businesses to provide information and resources to veterans and their families. The Job Fair brings veterans and spouses who need jobs together with employers who can benefit from this rich source of talent to aid their organizations.
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